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Post by oregonaztec on Feb 14, 2011 12:34:28 GMT -8
6 is just fine. We'll get the chance to prove we're better during "The Dance". That said, a top seed would be welcomed.
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Post by haleiwaaztec on Feb 14, 2011 12:37:30 GMT -8
Sound logic 2000 - therefore, to complete your reasoning skills, the obvious answer is: Please do not beat BYU. It serves no meaninful purpose. We are fighting for more than the conference championship. We need a #2 seed to have a good chance at the tourney crown so the byha game is a tiny bit important. Even if we win out there is ZERO chance we get a #1 so losing even 1 more game means they could drop us to a #3 with the Who's getting the #2 seed. I would HATE that! You are wrong in thinking that SDSU doesn't have a shot at a #1 seed. Right now Lunardi has both SDSU & BYU with a 15% each shot. An SDSU win over BYU would reduce BYU to 0% chance and also increase our chances. It would require us to win out of course, but we will also be favored in every game as well. If SDSU finished 33-1 there is no way we are not a #1 seed. Our RPI will be top 3 if not #1. At this point there are only 5 teams ahead of us - only one of Kansas/Texas can win out and Ohio St & Pitt still have a lot of tough games left. Duke has the easiest schedule but I don't think they are as good as the other teams.
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Post by azson on Feb 14, 2011 12:59:52 GMT -8
If we go 33-1 that will most likely mean we beat BYU twice (MWCT) and that SHOULD mean a #1. But I don't think ANYone here (sadly) would be surprised if we got snubbed w/a ECB #2 in that instance...
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Post by azzfan on Feb 14, 2011 13:16:44 GMT -8
We are fighting for more than the conference championship. We need a #2 seed to have a good chance at the tourney crown so the byha game is a tiny bit important. Even if we win out there is ZERO chance we get a #1 so losing even 1 more game means they could drop us to a #3 with the Who's getting the #2 seed. I would HATE that! You are wrong in thinking that SDSU doesn't have a shot at a #1 seed. Right now Lunardi has both SDSU & BYU with a 15% each shot. An SDSU win over BYU would reduce BYU to 0% chance and also increase our chances. It would require us to win out of course, but we will also be favored in every game as well. If SDSU finished 33-1 there is no way we are not a #1 seed. Our RPI will be top 3 if not #1. At this point there are only 5 teams ahead of us - only one of Kansas/Texas can win out and Ohio St & Pitt still have a lot of tough games left. Duke has the easiest schedule but I don't think they are as good as the other teams. I hope I am wrong. Just don't see it. Even winning out I do not see our RPI in top 3. Going fwd we only have BYU who can help us there. Lots of teams from BE, ACC, B10, and B12 have to have subpar conf. tourney performance for us to get a #1. Heck, there are still jackamoe's that have Duke as a #1 seed.
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Post by nonpostpete on Feb 14, 2011 13:30:57 GMT -8
All 5 of the teams ranked ahead of SDSU are excellent teams. No big harm in being ranked 6. Just have to win as many as possible. Win these next few games and take the MWC title. Do that and you can start demanding a #1 seed, though I still prefer winning out and getting a #2 seed and all of the attention our team would get from the talking heads arguing whether SDSU got ripped off. Then, our team would have just a little more reason to prove themselves in the tournament.
Meanwhile, I'm much more concerned about Wednesday's game against New Mexico. Another tough one.
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Post by mikefawcett on Feb 14, 2011 13:32:07 GMT -8
All 5 of the teams ranked ahead of SDSU are excellent teams. No big harm in being ranked 6. Just have to win as many as possible. Win these next few games and take the MWC title. Do that and you can start demanding a #1 seed, though I still prefer winning out and getting a #2 seed and all of the attention our team would get from the talking heads arguing whether SDSU got ripped off. Then, our team would have just a little more reason to prove themselves in the tournament. Meanwhile, I'm much more concerned about Wednesday's game against New Mexico. Another tough one. this
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Post by 83aztec on Feb 14, 2011 13:35:40 GMT -8
Just beat New Mexico Wednesday.
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Post by monty on Feb 14, 2011 13:37:57 GMT -8
You are wrong in thinking that SDSU doesn't have a shot at a #1 seed. Right now Lunardi has both SDSU & BYU with a 15% each shot. An SDSU win over BYU would reduce BYU to 0% chance and also increase our chances. It would require us to win out of course, but we will also be favored in every game as well. If SDSU finished 33-1 there is no way we are not a #1 seed. Our RPI will be top 3 if not #1. At this point there are only 5 teams ahead of us - only one of Kansas/Texas can win out and Ohio St & Pitt still have a lot of tough games left. Duke has the easiest schedule but I don't think they are as good as the other teams. I hope I am wrong. Just don't see it. Even winning out I do not see our RPI in top 3. Going fwd we only have BYU who can help us there. Lots of teams from BE, ACC, B10, and B12 have to have subpar conf. tourney performance for us to get a #1. Heck, there are still jackamoe's that have Duke as a #1 seed. According to rpiforecast, if we win out the regular season the rpi will be 1.7, if we lose a game 3.7, taking in the tourney, win the tourney, 1.5, lose in the finals 2.6 We're going to have a nice rpi, not sure how much that matters - i think the rpi is used to exclude, not include/seed, ie they seed however they hell they want www.rpiforecast.com/teams/San%20Diego%20St..html
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Post by azzfan on Feb 14, 2011 14:06:57 GMT -8
Even if we have good RPI we gotta look at strength of schedule as well. I want a #1 for one reason only. Chance to win it all is highest for #1's.
CBS: RPI Rank Vs. SOS 1 Kansas 11 2 Brigham Young 14 3 Georgetown 2 4 Ohio State 33 5 San Diego State 35 6 Pittsburgh 20 7 Duke 37 8 Texas 18 9 Notre Dame 26 10 Purdue 24
Sagarin: RPI Rank Vs. SOS 1 Ohio State 38 2 Kansas 34 3 Pittsburgh 24 4 Duke 36 5 Texas 41 6 BYU 30 7 San Diego State 37 8 Georgetown 1 9 Purdue 16 10 Wisconsin 20
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Post by Iowa Aztec on Feb 14, 2011 14:16:11 GMT -8
Just win baby!
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